Isocrates, Archidamus, George Norlin (Translator), 61

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[61] and that we still remain faithful to the customs and ways of life which we established here in the very beginning, while the rest of the Hellenes are not able to stand even their good fortune, but have become completely demoralized, some of them seizing the cities of their allies,¹ others opposing them in this; some disputing with their neighbors about territory, others, again, indulging their envy of one another² rather than making war against us. Therefore I wonder at those who look for a stronger ally than is found in the blundering of our enemies.

Archidamus. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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[61] καὶ τοῖς τε νόμοις καὶ τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐμμένοντας οἷς ἐξ ἀρχῆς κατεστησάμεθα, τοὺς δὲ μηδὲ τὰς εὐτυχίας φέρειν δυναμένους, ἀλλὰ διατεταραγμένους, καὶ τοὺς μὲν τὰς συμμαχίδας πόλεις καταλαμβάνοντας, τοὺς δὲ τἀναντία τούτοις πράττοντας, ἄλλους δὲ περὶ χώρας τοῖς ὁμόροις ἀμφισβητοῦντας, τοὺς δὲ μᾶλλον ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντας ἢ πρὸς ἡμᾶς πολεμοῦντας. ὥστε θαυμάζω τῶν μείζω συμμαχίαν ζητούντων, ὧν οἱ πολέμιοι τυγχάνουσιν ἐξαμαρτάνοντες.

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Archidamus

1. That is, those of the Theban league. Isocrates is here describing Thebes and especially her allies in the Peloponnesus .

2. See note a, p. 352. Xen. Hell. 7.1.32 , says that the Thebans and Eleans were no less pleased at the defeat of their allies, the Arcadians, in the “tearless” battle of 367 B.C. than were the Lacedaemonians.

Isocrates Archidamus 61

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